References to religious content in the selected works of the interwar period by Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina

Abstract

The presented text focuses on the most important works from the early period of Polish writer Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina’s literary career, in particular, works written before the Second World War. The article discusses the author’s early novels, selected short stories, and short stage performances. The connecting element of the presented analysis is the presence of the overarching religious and religious-cultural motifs recurring throughout Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina’s texts. Subsequent chapters of this article are dedicated to these motifs, particularly forms of traditional Polish Marian devotion, images of Christian symbolism, literary descriptions of popular religious practices, and motifs of folk tradition in the form of magic, superstitions, and old wives’ tales.